A real jiu-jitsu fighter does not go around beating people down. Our defense is made to neutralize aggression.
I knew I wasn't going to lose and that was based on the fact that I wanted not to lose. - Helio Gracie
I knew I wasn't going to lose and that was based on the fact that I wanted not to lose.
- Helio Gracie
Jiu Jitsu is a mousetrap. The trap does not chase the mouse. But when the mouse grabs the cheese, the trap plays its role. - Helio Gracie
Jiu Jitsu is a mousetrap. The trap does not chase the mouse. But when the mouse grabs the cheese, the trap plays its role.
To do the right thing at the right season is a great art. - Helio Gracie
To do the right thing at the right season is a great art.
If you count all fights like everybody else does, including Rickson, who says he has 400 fights; if you count like that, I have a million. - Helio Gracie
If you count all fights like everybody else does, including Rickson, who says he has 400 fights; if you count like that, I have a million.
Jiu-jitsu is personal efficiency to protect the weaker, which anyone can do. It is the force of leverage against brute force. - Helio Gracie
Jiu-jitsu is personal efficiency to protect the weaker, which anyone can do. It is the force of leverage against brute force.
Jiu-Jitsu is like a philosophy. It helps me learn how to face life. - Helio Gracie
Jiu-Jitsu is like a philosophy. It helps me learn how to face life.
For the choke, there are no "tough guys". With an arm lock he can be tough and resist the pain. With the choke he just passes out, goes to sleep. - Helio Gracie
For the choke, there are no "tough guys". With an arm lock he can be tough and resist the pain. With the choke he just passes out, goes to sleep.
Always assume that your opponent is going to be bigger, stronger and faster than you; so that you learn to rely on technique, timing and leverage rat… - Helio Gracie
Always assume that your opponent is going to be bigger, stronger and faster than you; so that you learn to rely on technique, timing and leverage rat…
Usually, a well thought answer makes an aggressor think twice. - Helio Gracie
Usually, a well thought answer makes an aggressor think twice.
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